Flexible training for NSW adult and paediatric physician trainees

17/06/2013

Share the page with any trainee you know who is training flexibly or interested in training flexibly.

17/06/2013

Advertise for a job-share partner - remember to specify if PAEDIATRIC or ADULT medicine, BASIC training or ADVANCED training specialty, and any training requirements you still need to fulfil.

15/06/2013

Are you being paid on the correct band?

A cautionary tale: if you are training flexibly and are seconded to hospitals in different area health services, you need to keep track of the number of the hours you have worked towards the next increment e.g. moving from Reg01 to Reg02 payment band. Your home area health service will not automatically be updated with the hours you work in other area health services.

How to tell you work in different area health services?

You will have different payroll numbers and will get more than one tax certificate at the end of the financial year.

How many hours do you need to work towards the next salary increment?

It's 1982 hours. Full-time employees automatically increment on the same date each year (i.e. the date they commenced employment) as long as they were full-time the whole year and did not take any leave in excess of usual leave allowances.

How to get all your hours recognized? IN NSW the following applies......

1. Get payroll (NSW for Sydney Children's/Children's Westmead tel no: 1300428283) to request statements of service from the different health services.
2. The statements of service will be posted out to you at your residential address that each health service has on record (make sure they have the correct one)
3. You then need to scan them in and email them to with a request for an assessment of service to be performed.
They will only accept emails from hospital email addresses.
4. Follow-up by ringing tel in 1. again and speaking to call centre. Have you been back paid?

20/02/2012

Dear Trainee,

Are you training flexibly or considering training flexibly in future? This update contains useful and essential information for you.

The policy framework:
1. The RACP Flexible training policy can be found at http://www.racp.edu.au/page/education-policies
2. The NSW Health Policy Flexible Work Practices Policy (PD2005_087) http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2005/PD2005_087.html
3. You should also refer to your local area health service policy's on flexible work practice from your HR department (essentially a distillation of the NSW Health Policy).

10 essentials of flexible training (FT = flexible training/-ee)
1. FT is supported by both RACP and NSW Health Policy.
2. Flexible trainees are entitled to the same training opportunities as their full-time colleagues, and at the same time are subject to the same college and local area network requirements regarding training/working (including rural placements), and have the same responsibilities.
3. FTs are required to fulfill the same PREP requirements as full-time trainees per calender year. This is not on a pro rata basis.
4. FT's accrue leave on a pro rata basis, i.e. if 0.5FTE (working 2.5days/week on average), a FT accrues 0.5 of 20 days leave i.e. 10 days - which enables FOUR CALENDER WEEKS of annual leave (4 x 2.5 days/week). This is frequently misunderstood.
5. FTs in a job-share arrangement are not required to cover each other's leave. They may choose to, however.
6. FTs do not accrue ADOs.
7. FTs are paid for hours worked. Overtime penalties only apply if hours worked in one week exceed the award hours (i.e. full-time hours). Usual Sat/Sun/PH penalties do apply.
8. All queries re FT should be addressed to their direct manager (e.g. DPT, Chief RMO).
9. All queries re training requirements should be addressed to the RACP. It is your responsibility to ensure you submit/fulfill your training requirements.
10. FT has many challenges but is a wonderful opportunity to balance work and other commitments, and for many offers the only viable option of continuing with training.

If you still have difficulty accessing flexible training after following points 8 and 9 above, then please contact the NSW Trainees' Committee for further advice on [email protected].

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